250,000 Children Suffer from ADHD
In this 2011 file photo, Prince Saud receives a memento from the ADHD Society at SABIC headquarters in Riyadh. There are some 250,000 students in the Kingdom who suffer from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a recently published survey.
Some 250,000 students in the Kingdom suffer from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a psychiatric therapist said quoting a recently published survey.
Abdul Samad Al-Jishi, member of the Saudi Society of Psychiatry, said about 5,000 doctors were following treatment of these cases. Fifty percent of the students are vulnerable to expulsion from school than normal children, while 30 percent of them drop out and only 5 percent of them consult medical clinics, he said.
Al-Jishi said ADHD is a neurological and behavioral disorder which leads to difficulties in school and life, and it affects both males and females. He linked the causes of ADHD to genetic, psychological, neurological, biological and chemical factors.
Nagwa Mousa, a medical expert, ruled out parents’ education, watching television and electronic games as causes behind ADHD cases. Since factors of the disease are unknown, parents have to follow up such cases and arrange medical visits to experts who may help in controlling and decreasing the effects, she said.